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EPSRC Support by Research Area in Materials Engineering - Metals & Alloys

Research areas are used to describe EPSRC's portfolio of excellent long term research and high quality postgraduate training.

Grants are classified using one or more research areas. All the grants listed below have some relevance to this research area. The value of the investment is the total awarded by EPSRC and does not reflect the proportion assigned to this research area.

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Grant TitlePrincipal
Investigator		OrganisationDepartmentTotal Grant
Value (£)
A Moving Cracking Story: Designing against Hydrogen Embrittlement in TitaniumDye, Professor DImperial College LondonMaterials 652,823
A Moving Cracking Story: Designing against Hydrogen Embrittlement in TitaniumGalindo-Nava, Dr EUniversity of CambridgeMaterials Science & Metallurgy 266,043
Aerospace casting for the hybrid electric futureWithey, Professor PUniversity of BirminghamMetallurgy and Materials 937,245
AFM-based nano-machining: developing and validating a novel modelling approach for effective process implementation in nanotechnology applicationsBrousseau, Dr EBCardiff UniversitySch of Engineering 692,656
An active interface for rapid structural controlMohagheghian, Dr IUniversity of SurreyMechanical Engineering Sciences 249,131
Brunel University - Equipment AccountFan, Professor ZBrunel University LondonMechanical and Aerospace Engineering 3,855,000
Core Capital 2020Hartley, Professor SUniversity of SheffieldResearch Finance 967,240
Correlative Mapping of Crystal Orientation and Chemistry at the NanoscaleHaigh, Professor SJUniversity of Manchester, TheMaterials 1,385,872
Critical Elements and Materials Network (CrEAM)Walton, Professor AUniversity of BirminghamMetallurgy and Materials 297,621
Decarbonisation Of Food Cold Chain Through Integrated Hydrogen TechnologiesLing, Dr SUniversity of NottinghamFaculty of Engineering 972,583
Defect dynamics in energy materialsFitzgerald, Dr SUniversity of LeedsApplied Mathematics 816,591
Doing More With Less: A Digital Twin of state-of-the-art and emerging high value manufacturing routes for high integrity titanium alloy componentsJackson, Professor MUniversity of SheffieldMaterials Science and Engineering 2,608,542
ENVIRO-COAT: ENVIROnmentally assisted, engineered Corrosion prOducts for Aqueous corrosion miTigationBarker, Dr RUniversity of LeedsMechanical Engineering 346,769
EPSRC and SFI Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Metallic Systems: Metallurgical Challenges for the Digital Manufacturing EnvironmentGoodall, Professor RUniversity of SheffieldMaterials Science and Engineering 5,434,026
EPSRC Capital Award for Core Equipment - University of WarwickThomas, Professor PAUniversity of WarwickVice Chancellors Office 275,000
EPSRC Capital Award for Core Equipment 2020/21Calder, Professor MUniversity of GlasgowCollege of Science and Engineering 1,089,500
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Metallic Systems - Challenges in Future Metals ManufacturingGoodall, Professor RUniversity of SheffieldMaterials Science and Engineering 3,523,094
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Functional Industrial CoatingsSullivan, Professor JHSwansea UniversityCollege of Engineering 4,573,487
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Industrial Functional Coatings: COATED2Sullivan, Professor JHSwansea UniversityCollege of Engineering 2,692,629
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Innovative Metal Processing IMPaCTDong, Professor HUniversity of LeicesterEngineering 3,199,138
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Materials for Demanding EnvironmentsWithers, Professor PUniversity of Manchester, TheMaterials 4,291,882
EPSRC Core Equipment Call 2020 - Cranfield UniversityStephenson, Professor TCranfield UniversitySchool of Water, Energy and Environment 423,022
Establishing adaptive ultrasonics through shape memory materialsFeeney, Dr AUniversity of GlasgowSchool of Engineering 474,044
Fatigue Testing beyond ExtremesGong, Dr JUniversity of OxfordMaterials 1,122,564
From Industry 3.0 to Industry 4.0: Additive ManufacturabilityPanwisawas, Dr CUniversity of LeicesterEngineering 212,917
Future Liquid Metal Engineering HubFan, Professor ZBrunel University LondonBCAST 10,138,665
HIGH END COMPUTING MATERIALS CHEMISTRY CONSORTIUMWoodley, Professor SMUCLChemistry 489,316
High Five: Resolution, Sensitivity, in operando Control, Ultra High Vacuum and Ion Sectioning in a Single InstrumentAguadero, Dr AImperial College LondonMaterials 1,802,539
High reliability Interconnects: New Methodologies for Lead-free SoldersBailey, Professor CUniversity of GreenwichMathematical Sciences, FACH 105,910
High Reliability Interconnects: New Methodologies for Lead-free SoldersGourlay, Dr CMImperial College LondonMaterials 1,299,714
Integrated atomic force and confocal fluorescence lifetime imaging microscope with fibre-coupled infrared detector for materials researchMartin-Fabiani, Dr ILoughborough UniversityMaterials 817,064
Integrated study of damage after overloads in single crystalsCastelluccio, Dr GCranfield UniversitySch of Aerospace, Transport & Manufact 231,090
Investigating Corrosion in Supercritical FluidsSumner, Dr JCranfield UniversitySchool of Water, Energy and Environment 282,727
Investigation on Sustainable Refractory Systems for Investment Casting Manufacturing of Titanium AlloysBlackburn, Professor SUniversity of BirminghamChemical Engineering 450,149
Invited Resource Only Strategic Equipment bid for Rapid Alloy ProcessingDavis, Professor CUniversity of WarwickWMG 63,311
LightForm: Embedding Materials Engineering in Manufacturing with Light AlloysQuinta da Fonseca, Professor JUniversity of Manchester, TheMaterials 4,827,337
Linking Microstructure to Neutron Irradiation Defects in Advanced Manufacture of SteelsBurke, Professor MUniversity of Manchester, TheMaterials 490,055
Manufacture with Pulsed-Electric Mechano-Vibratory MachiningRoy, Professor ALoughborough UniversityWolfson Sch of Mech, Elec & Manufac Eng 250,463
MAPP: EPSRC Future Manufacturing Hub in Manufacture using Advanced Powder ProcessesTodd, Professor IUniversity of SheffieldMaterials Science and Engineering 10,462,143
Modelling radiation resistant low activation High Entropy AlloysDuff, Dr A ISTFC Laboratories (Grouped)Scientific Computing Department 22,078
Modelling radiation resistant low activation High Entropy AlloysSmith, Professor RLoughborough UniversityMathematical Sciences 337,695
Multi-User X-ray Diffraction (XRD) Core EquipmentMeenan, Professor BJUniversity of UlsterSchool of Engineering 100,000
Nanomechanical Testing in Controlled Environments and in the TEM (Nano-TCT)Derby, Professor BUniversity of Manchester, TheMaterials 911,357
Nanovoids for Developing New Hydrogen-resistant Materials (NanoHMAT)Martinez-Paneda, Dr EImperial College LondonCivil & Environmental Engineering 202,160
National Research Facility for Lab X-ray CTWithers, Professor PUniversity of Manchester, TheMaterials 10,097,652
New tool - a breakthrough in incremental sheet formingLong, Professor HUniversity of SheffieldMechanical Engineering 249,876
New Wire Additive Manufacturing (NEWAM)Williams, Professor SWCranfield UniversitySch of Aerospace, Transport & Manufact 5,886,209
Next Generation Electro-Chemo-Mechanical Models for Hydrogen Embrittlement (NEXTGEM)Martinez-Paneda, Dr EImperial College LondonCivil & Environmental Engineering 457,833
Nickel Superalloy Design for Corrosion ResistancePedrazzini, Dr SImperial College LondonMaterials 741,689
Novel Active Soldering; Creating Enhanced joints Near-ambient Temperature (NASCENT)Goodall, Professor RUniversity of SheffieldMaterials Science and Engineering 212,484
Novel Brazing Filler Metals using High Entropy AlloysGoodall, Professor RUniversity of SheffieldMaterials Science and Engineering 1,092,461
Patterns recognition inside shear bands: tailoring microstructure against localisationBorodin, Dr IUniversity of Manchester, TheMechanical Aerospace and Civil Eng 282,347
Practice and theory in the design of martensitic steelsRainforth, Professor WMUniversity of SheffieldMaterials Science and Engineering 446,772
Practice and theory in the design of martensitic steelsPaxton, Professor ATKings College LondonPhysics 378,451
Prosperity Partnership Call 2 Strategic Students-Tata Steel and Swansea UniversityBrown, Professor SSwansea UniversityCollege of Engineering 284,976
Prosperity Partnership in Rapid Product DevelopmentBrown, Professor SSwansea UniversityCollege of Engineering 2,431,506
Rapid Product Development through Process InnovationDavis, Professor CUniversity of WarwickWMG 900,955
Real-time In-line Microstructural Engineering (RIME)Davis, Professor CUniversity of WarwickWMG 493,728
Reducing the Threat to Public Safety: Improved metallic object characterisation, location and detectionLedger, Dr PDKeele UniversityFaculty of Natural Sciences 71,541
Reducing the Threat to Public Safety: Improved metallic object characterisation, location and detectionBetcke, Professor TUCLMathematics 71,320
Rich Nonlinear Tomography for advanced materialsKorsunsky, Professor AMUniversity of OxfordEngineering Science 488,160
Rich Nonlinear Tomography for advanced materialsMidgley, Professor PAUniversity of CambridgeMaterials Science & Metallurgy 236,595
Rich Nonlinear Tomography for advanced materials (LEAD)Lionheart, Professor WRBUniversity of Manchester, TheMathematics 635,422
SINDRI: Synergistic utilisation of INformatics and Data centRic Integrity engineeringKnowles, Professor D MUniversity of BristolMechanical Engineering 2,482,493
Single crystal X-ray diffractometerPurnell, Professor MUniversity of LeicesterCollege of Science and Engineering 473,286
Sir Henry Royce Institute - recurrent grantWithers, Professor PUniversity of Manchester, TheEngineering and Physical Sciences 47,077,552
STEP AluminiumFan, Professor ZBrunel University LondonBCAST 2,249,250
Surrey Multi-User Transmission Electron Microscope with X-ray Analysis and TomographySampson, Professor DDUniversity of SurreyVice Provost (Research & Innovation) 662,000
SUSTAIN Manufacturing HubWorsley, Professor DSwansea UniversityCollege of Engineering 10,468,988
Swansea University - Capital Award for Core EquipmentWilks, Professor SSwansea UniversityCollege of Engineering 125,000
TGA/FTIR as a Core Equipment for Delivering Research on Energy System Compound StabilityStephenson, Professor TCranfield UniversitySchool of Water, Energy and Environment 99,903
The Royce: Capitalising on the investmentWithers, Professor PUniversity of Manchester, TheMaterials 1,006,681
Tomographic Imaging: UK Collaborative Computational ProjectsWithers, Professor PUniversity of Manchester, TheMaterials 296,693
Transforming the Foundation Industries: a Network+ Towards Value by InnovationReaney, Professor IMUniversity of SheffieldMaterials Science and Engineering 2,002,051
UK FIRES: Locating Resource Efficiency at the heart of Future Industrial Strategy in the UKAllwood, Professor JMUniversity of CambridgeEngineering 5,176,328
UKRI Interdisciplinary Centre for CircularMetalFan, Professor ZBrunel University LondonBCAST 4,437,440
Uncovering Fundamental Mechanisms to Enable Sustainable Steel ManufacturingLi, Dr ZUniversity of WarwickWMG 1,160,080
Understanding the mechanisms controlling low potential stress corrosion cracking in nuclear reactorsLozano-Perez, Professor SUniversity of OxfordMaterials 1,412,712
Upscaling environment-friendly cavitation melt treatment (UltraMelt #2)Pericleous, Professor KAUniversity of GreenwichMathematical Sciences, FACH 329,613
Upscaling environment-friendly cavitation melt treatment (UltraMelt2)Eskin, Professor DBrunel University LondonBCAST 397,618
Upscaling environment-friendly cavitation melt treatment (UltraMelt2)Tzanakis, Professor IOxford Brookes UniversityFaculty of Tech, Design and Environment 261,433
York: Transforming Research-Oriented Software EngineeringHasnip, Dr PJUniversity of YorkPhysics 810,261

Total Number of Grants: 82
Total Value of Grants: £181,032,548

The grant value may include the cost of access to facilities (these funds are not awarded to the grant holding organisation).